Most people that own the powerful PS4 Pro (in comparison to the Slim and Original) have been complaining about the tardy performance of Linux. You get a machine that is capable of much more. Yet, the lack of few lines of code reduced the performance. I know how that feels. Thankfully, the PSXITA team and the well-known dev, Mircoho felt the same. And, they released updated payloads for better performance on the PS4 Pro. Infact, the new Linux payloads double the FPS and gaming performance on PS4 Pro.
To just give you an idea of the kind of performance advancements the new payloads bring, here are a few screenshots shared by Saya, the French dev on our Discord Channel. That reminds me of the Dakrstorms’s latest contribution – Salient OS v2 for PS4. Anyways, these screenshots are of Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0, a popular benchmark used to test the CPU and GPU performance. First up, we have the benchmark with the usual Linux payloads, but using different kernels, starting from the normal 1.6GHz clocked one to even the overclocked 3GHz kernel!
Now, here are the screenshots showing the benchmark results on the same PS4 Pro, when ran with the latest payloads:-
See the huge jump, how 8.6 FPS on the non-overclocked kernel peaks at a whopping 39 FPS with the latest payloads. The results were taken from an early beta of the new payload, and the results may vary for you. Moreover, a huge jump in Unigine Benchmark result doesn’t necessarily lead to a proportionate increase in actual gaming performance. Still, it’s undeniable based on the various videos and screenshots that the new payload does greatly increase the performance of the PS4 Pro in actual gaming.
By the way, if you do plan on using an overclocked kernel on your PS4, make sure you do have PS4FanControl installed. I have a neat article on installing PS4FanControl on any PS4 Linux distro.
How to use latest Linux payloads on PS4 Pro to double FPS?
PS3ITA team and Mircoho have been kind enough to share the changes in code that have led to this wonderful news. You can check it out here. But, if you just want to jump in and test the new payloads, keep reading.
Requirements
The usual requirements for running PS4 Linux apply here too. You guys know those well. Let us check the other requirements.Oh, that reminds me that the payload will work on PS4s running 5.05, 6.72 and 9.00 firmwares. I will be sharing the files for 9.00 here. If you need compiling the payloads for other firmware versions, just leave a comment below.
- Latest PS4 Linux payloads – Download here.
- Mira Loader payload – Download here.
- NetCat GUI – Download here.
- Windows Machine
- PS4 Pro
Once you have these three downloaded, make sure your Windows machine and PS4 are connected to the same network. Then, follow these steps:-
- On PS4 Pro, run the latest GoldHen (available at most exploit hosts)
- Make sure that the BIN Loader service is running by going into GoldHen settings. It will also specify the port, usually 9090. Make a note of it.
- Go to the Network settings on PS4 and note down the IP Address.
- On your Windows machine, run NetcatGUI, in the box asking for PS4’s IP Address, provide the IP Address we noted down in the earlier step. In the box labelled Port, provide PS4’s port that we made a note of, earlier, usually 9090.
- Drag and drop the Mira Payload (.bin) on the NetCat window and click on Inject Payload.
- Soon after that, drag and drop the Linux payload (.bin) on NetCat window. Click on Inject Payload.
That’s it! You should be on PS4 Linux with the latest payloads now.
UPDATE 1: Kameleon has updated his host with the payloads, which can be accessed from both the Auto and Manual payloads section.
UPDATE 2: You can also find the payloads under Linux section on our own exploit host site at jb.ps4linux.com.
By the way, if you are on a Linux machine, you may try what kquote has recommended in the comments section.
Conclusion
With devs renewing their interest on the PS4 with these sporadic updates, I am sure that we will be receiving more updates in the future. So, all I say is, keep your PS4 on the lowest firmware possible so that you do not miss out on the future updates for PS4 Linux.
will this also increase the performance of the ps4 phat to a noticeable degree?
It should, on some models. But, let’s keep in mind that the Phat is not as powerful as the Pro.
I am sorry for the confusion. I got confused with an earlier payload. This particular payload might not increase performance on a PS4 Phat. But, you may try this one which is said to increase performance on PS4 Phat. I am really sorry for that.
you don;t need a windows machine, you can just use regular netcat on linux/bsd/whatever,
nc -w 3 (ps4’s ip) 9090 < payload.bin
if its unstable maybe try installing bsd netcat instead of gnu netcat
That’s true. Have never tried netcatting with Linux onto a PS4. Anyways, thanks for that. I will link to your comment for those who want to try it on Linux.
Sadly, I don’t think these payloads work with CUH-7215B models. The CPU model in the screenshot is
DG1310SML87LB while the CPU model for the CUH-7215B is DG1501SML87LB. I’ve tried a hundred times and am still getting poor performance.
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Can internal Wi-Fi and Ethenet support be considered for those PS4 owners that have a 72XX series PS4 Pro? This version of the Pro was the one that introduced the redesign of the power plug and other internal changes which made all network and bluetooth completely broken. The only workaround that has been given for 72XX was USB network from here but that limits us into one kernal to use with no possibly to use others.
I’m aware you don’t have a PS4 Pro Noob404, but if you know someone that does please let them be aware of this issue.
I will be posting a tutorial on editing kernels to add support for USB dongles soon. That way, you guys could get access to more kernels. That fine?
yeah since that’ll let us try out 5.15.15 with network 🙂
Here is the tutorial, as promised.
I have a ps4 pro on 9.00.
I wanna install the Batocera on my ps4. But do anyone know if this patch work with the batocera?
Thanks for any help =)
This payload will work with all distros.
How do you compile the kernel to overclock the CPU? Having trouble figuring it out.
Suppose it’s just for ps4 pro, it’s already done the overclock inside de initframs file
Could you please compile and upload the ps4-pro Linux payloads for 6.72. (and 5.05 if possible)
Thanks.
same request as the latest comment, Could you please upload the ps4-pro Linux payloads for 6.72?
Hello, I have the 6.72 PS4 Pro Baikal. Where can I download the payloads for my FW version? Thank you.
While the older payloads work just fine, this I cannot seem to get working. Always black screen while ps4 showing purple light so surely it’s running – CUH-7016B is my ps4 pro model.
My PS4 Pro on 5.05 won’t boot into any linux distro, i tried moddedwarfare packages for baikal and this site all sort of combo’s, i tried different 5.05 payloads and senders, the message on the PS4 always says “Payload received from 192…” but i never see the message waiting for client.
I tried goldhen 2.4b14, mira-hen-orbis, do you need mira or and hen/goldhen for the linux payload to work?
Is there a PS4 Pro 5.05 linux loader for Baikal, something goes wrong in the chain of loading the payload it seems?
any chance it can be done with 11.00? considering the newest exploit
Kernel remains the same, regardless of the PS4’s firmware version